I can't really speak to Rugby League at all.? I have never seen it played in the US (unlike Union, which IS played and which I played a bit of in College) and can't remember seeing it more than once or twice on television.? My impressions of League based on those couple of viewings were:? (1) it looked a heck of a lot like a sport where you run into a brick wall, wait for the wall to move back ten yards, rinse, repeat...and (2) it seemed like an intermediate step between Rugby Union and American Football, lacking the delicious complexities of both.? That said, go back to my first point:? I have an inadequate pool of experience with the Code to form anything more than first impressions.
MAG -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 9:01 am Subject: Re: [LU] Non-LU: Rugby (Was: Re: LU: A real mans game?) just for us dyed in the wool RL types, could you please explain how this thinking applies to the ruck, and as for the formation flying techniques practiced during a line out it just looks a bit daft.? ? I am a bradford bulls fan trapped in the union stronghold of worcester, I have been to see the warriors play (free tickets) and am baffled, once I even went home early from a corporate hospitality event as I was bored by the play.? ? I am not saying that one is better than the other but having seen both I prefer league to union.? ? Cheers? ? Chris? ? BDTR merchandise is available on ebay (sorry, mr listowner about the blatant advertising)? ? ? ----- Original Message -----? From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>? To: <[email protected]>? Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 4:35 PM? Subject: [LU] Non-LU: Rugby (Was: Re: LU: A real mans game?)? ? > Can't agree, Rob...and the reason is right there in your post.? Rugby > Union > is a very complex game -- it is the farthest thing from mere brute > > physicality.??It requires CONTROLLED brute physicality -- a defining > > element of the sport that is an inherent juxtaposition.? The contestants > > must constantly be operating both physically and cognatively.? That ain't > > easy.? >? > The rules of rugby are, frankly, quite a bit more complex than soccer.? > > Where we drill the patterns of soccer to the point that players on the > > field are reacting almost instinctively to situations, that doesn't happen > > nearly so easily in rugby.? That is why the referree gives the detailed > > explanations -- that and the fact that its as much for the TV audience.? >? > MAG? >? > PS? I agree with you about synchronized swimming, though...? >? >? >? >? >? > Re: [LU] LU: A real mans game?? > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>? > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message-ID:? > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>? > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"? >? > Rugby is just a joke.? >? > Who the hell invented the scrum? It has got to be the weirdest and most? > perverse thing in sport, with the possible exception of synchronized? > swimming.? >? > In an excess of boredom the other night while waiting for the Eng v? > Wallbuilders game to start, I decided to watch a few minutes of this? > ridiculously farcical Rugby World Cup the other night. I couldn't? > believe what I was seeing! In a World Cup game, watched by thousands in? > the stands and millions worldwide (deluded cretins that they are) the? > entertainment on offer consisted of listening to the referee trying to? > explain the rules to the players!!!!! Can you imagine that happening in? > the football World Cup? Graham Poll: Now listen, when you have received? > two yellow cards, you have to leave the field. Ok, perhaps not the best? > example, but you get my point.? >? > Rob Heath? > Bangkok Khow? >? >? >? > ________________________________________________________________________? > Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - > > http://mail.aol.com? > _______________________________________________? > the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators > > accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors.? > Leedslist mailing list? > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist? > Join The Leeds United Supporters Trust at www.lufctrust.org? > ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist Join The Leeds United Supporters Trust at www.lufctrust.org
